Please tell me you're not an airline pilot. I haven't read through this whole thread, but I see you defending "right to work" legislation (talk about a misnomer). Others here have said it, but you refuse to accept reality. "Right to work" is about busting unions and lowering wages and worker protections. It has nothing to do with anyone's "right to work." It'll be a quick death for most unions since many of their rank and file are too short sighted to see what their union actually has done for them. Airline unions are different and combined with the internet and social media, not paying union dues will become the modern equivalent of being a scab. Nobody's going to talk to you and good luck getting landings if you're not a captain. However, as old guys like me retire and fewer pilots are around to educate others on the labor wars fought on their behalf, not paying union dues will be accepted, the airline unions will eventually die and the race to the bottom will accelerate like a fighter unloaded to zero G in full blower. Then everyone will wonder what happened when they're working harder for less with little job security. Then you'll see another class of pilot in the front end of the plane, because most of the people who would have become pilots in the past will do something better. College degree... who cares? Experience... who cares? Intelligence... who cares?

"Right to work" is just a cool sounding way to pull money out of workers pockets and put it in the wallets of the "investment class." Unfortunately, most don't understand that. If you're serious about your embrace of "right to work" legislation I suggest going into law, lobbying, management, finance, or anything other than being a commercial pilot, because being a pilot will be a rough road for you if it ever passes.